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    Gobabis murderer now convicted of assault too

    Gobabis murderer now convicted of assault too

    2018-10-23  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The Gobabis resident who admitted that he killed his girlfriend and mother of his three children by stabbing her at least 16 times with a knife was yesterday convicted on the additional charge of assault by threat.
    Manale to hear verdict on money laundering next year

    Manale to hear verdict on money laundering next year

    2018-10-24  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku yesterday reserved her judgement on the charge of money laundering that accused Charles Winston Manale, 35, pleaded not guilty to, to February 12 next year.
    Supreme Court strikes SME Bank shareholders’ appeal from roll

    Supreme Court strikes SME Bank shareholders’ appeal from roll

    2018-10-24  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Three judges of the Namibian Supreme Court yesterday struck from the roll the appeal of the minority shareholders in the liquidated SME Bank for failing to file their heads of argument within the prescribed three months after the judgment to finally wind up the bank was handed down by the High Court.
    Witness derails Nikodemus’ defence

    Witness derails Nikodemus’ defence

    2018-10-24  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Abisai Sebele, the man Lukas Nepela Nikodemus claims borrowed his car on the day he allegedly shot two women to death and burned their bodies at a dumpsite near Pionierspark in Windhoek gave a complete different version to what Nikodemus narrated in his bail application when he testified before Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg on Monday.
    South African paedophile pleads guilty

    South African paedophile pleads guilty

    2018-10-25  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - South African citizen Marthinus Pretorius, 48, yesterday pleaded guilty to six counts of rape when his trial started in the Windhoek High Court before Deputy Judge President Hosea Angula. 
    Nghixulifa gets new trial dates

    Nghixulifa gets new trial dates

    2018-10-25  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK- Former CEO of the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) Kelly Nghixulifa and his business friends Anna Ndoroma, 53, and 50-year-old Hafeni Nginamwaami got new trial dates yesterday when they made a routine appearance before Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg.
    Judgment day for Gobabis frenzied knife killer

    Judgment day for Gobabis frenzied knife killer

    2018-10-26  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The Gobabis resident who admitted he killed the mother of his three children by stabbing her at least 16 times in a frenzied knife attack is expected to be sentenced today by Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku at the High Court situated at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
    Salionga appointed as permanent judge

    Salionga appointed as permanent judge

    2018-10-29  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Johanna Salionga who is currently presiding over the case of five people accused of a murder-for-hire plot has been appointed as a permanent judge of the High Court with effect from November 01. This year was announced by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). 
    Hanse-Himarwa trial starts today

    Hanse-Himarwa trial starts today

    2018-10-29  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The corruption trial of Education Minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa (51), is set to start this morning in the Windhoek High Court before High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo with her expected to plead not guilty to one count of corruption.
    Thirty-four years for deadly frenzied attack

    Thirty-four years for deadly frenzied attack

    2018-10-29  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku last Friday sentenced Gobabis resident, Jacob Hoxobeb, 32, whom she convicted of murder with direct intent to an effective 34 years behind bars for the killing of his girlfriend and mother of his three children by stabbing her at least 16 times.
    Hanse-Himarwa refutes corruption charge as trial starts

    Hanse-Himarwa refutes corruption charge as trial starts

    2018-10-30  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, 51, yesterday denied charges that she corruptly used her office – then as governor of Hardap Region - for gratification and placed the onus on the State to prove its allegations against her.
    Outjo murderer to be sentenced in November

    Outjo murderer to be sentenced in November

    2018-10-30  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Levi Haneb, 32, convicted of murder with direct intent on his own admission and a charge of common assault and assault by threat will hear his fate on November 13, the Windhoek High Court said yesterday.
    Son’s killing ‘accidental’ - says father

    Son’s killing ‘accidental’ - says father

    2018-10-30  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - A Gobabis resident accused of killing his three-month-old son by picking him up and throwing him on the ground causing him to die later that day in hospital from a fractured skull, has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder yesterday before Windhoek High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo in the Windhoek High Court.
    Witness folds under questioning in  Hanse-Himarwa case

    Witness folds under questioning in  Hanse-Himarwa case

    2018-10-31  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The second witness to testify in the corruption trial of education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, 51, was made to retract his statement that the CEO of Mariental Municipality told him that she (Hanse-Himarwa) removed two names from the beneficiary list for the mass housing scheme and replaced it with two other names.
    Drug pushers get off lightly - Judge President

    Drug pushers get off lightly - Judge President

    2018-11-01  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Judge President Petrus Damaseb said that there is a need for change in the stance of Namibian courts on drug-related cases and to accord the necessary weight to the seriousness of such offences and its prevalence in society. 
    Hanse-Himarwa wanted things done her way – witness

    Hanse-Himarwa wanted things done her way – witness

    2018-11-02  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The former governor of the Hardap Region and current education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, 51, told members of a team that evaluated and selected the first beneficiaries of the mass housing scheme at Mariental that she was the appointed political leader of the region and thus things should be done her way. 
    Hanse-Himarwa trial taking a break

    Hanse-Himarwa trial taking a break

    2018-11-05  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - The corruption trial of former governor of the Hardap Region and current education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, 51, is taking a break for a week and will resume on Monday, November 12, with Merrow Thaniseb, the deputy director of housing in the Ministry of Urban Rural Development being the last witness in this session before Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg. 
    Murderer admits killing teen but denies rapes

    Murderer admits killing teen but denies rapes

    2018-11-05  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - Mariental resident Hendrik Atab Swartz admitted that he killed 16-year-old Estonovia Games near a cemetery at Mariental between October 19 and 21, 2016, but denied other charges, including rape, before Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku.
    Alleged serial rapist says he was invited into flat

    Alleged serial rapist says he was invited into flat

    2018-11-06  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK – A Swakopmund resident who allegedly raped a 14-year-old and another woman in the spate of five days after being released on bail on a previous rape charge pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape and one count of attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice, alternatively obstructing a member of the police from carrying out his or her duties.
    Hearing impaired killer gets 28 years

    Hearing impaired killer gets 28 years

    2018-11-07  Roland Routh
    WINDHOEK - A 43-year-old hearing impaired man who confessed he killed the 56-year-old mother of his girlfriend by stabbing her with a screwdriver four times in her upper body five days after he hacked his brother-in-law with a panga on the shoulder was sentenced to 28 years in prison last week.